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Webster 1913 Edition
Futtock
Fu′ttock
,Noun.
[Prob. corrupted fr.
foothook
.] (Naut.)
One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
Futtock plates
(Naut.)
, plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are secured.
– Futtock shrouds
, short iron shrouds leading from the upper part of the lower mast or of the main shrouds to the edge of the top, or through it, and connecting the topmast rigging with the lower mast.
Totten.
Webster 1828 Edition
Futtock
FUT'TOCK
,Noun.
In a ship, the futtocks are the middle timbers, between the floor and the upper timbers, or the timbers raised over the keel which form the breadth of the ship.
Definition 2024
futtock
futtock
English
Noun
futtock (plural futtocks)
- 1884, Dixon Kemp, A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing (Fourth Edition), page 12:
- The timbers (called also frames, or floors, first, second and third futtocks, where the lengths of the frames are in two, three, or more pieces) will be "double," that is, two timbers will be placed close together, or nearly close together, and act as one frame.
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